Teacher Caitlin Hutt and the Samantha Smith Challenge project receive AMLE award

The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) has announced Caitlin Hutt and the Samantha Smith Challenge project as the 2024 recipient of the Conrad Toepfer Award for the Civic Engagement of Middle School Students. “Since 2018, Caitlin has used the Samantha Smith Challenge to provide her students with a collaborative educational experience that builds bridges […]
First Church in Cambridge Lenten Series

The First Church in Cambridge is continuing its tradition of featuring AWTT portraits as part of its Lenten Formation Series.
On the River with Huck & Jim, the King & the Duke, Elon & Donald

“It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.” — Huck Finn
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and AWTT

Right below the surface, like the rotting body of a drowned Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, is the stinking, smug racism of Donald Trump as he attempts to remove institutionalized efforts toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from governmental, educational, and corporate practice. He wants white people to feel victimized by DEI – as though five-hundred […]
Seeing Each Other: A Women’s Week Exhibit at Cabot House

Cabot House at Harvard will host an exhibit of AWTT portraits from March 3 through March 7, 2025.
The Exaltation of Ego and a Coup, January 20, 2025

“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. . . . Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for the law: it invites every man to become a law unto himself, it invites anarchy.” – Louis Brandeis Friends, I just watched the second inauguration of Donald Trump. I suspect many […]
AWTT Remembers Cecile Richards

Cecile Richards, who died today, was indeed a “model of courageous citizenship.” Richards began her political career at an early age, wearing a black armband to school, in protest of the Vietnam War. In seventh grade, she and some friends started a recycling program in their neighborhood. Richards also took a lead from her politically […]
Going Local: Martin Luther King Day Celebration

About fifty area residents gathered at the Reversing Falls Sanctuary in North Brooksville, Maine, on Sunday afternoon, January 19, 2025, to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s an annual event and often features some of AWTT artist Robert Shetterly’s paintings. Shetterly lives just down the road and knows most […]
Black History Month Celebration with AWTT Portraits

The Friends of the Westfield Memorial Library is sponsoring a discussion series during Black History Month 2025, featuring AWTT portraits.
Albany Institute of History & Art Hosts Major AWTT Exhibit

Albany Institute of History & Art presents an exhibit of 42 AWTT paintings from February 1 – July 20, 2025.